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iPad Air Teardown: A12 Bionic Processor With 3GB of RAM, Bluetooth 5 and Larger Battery, But Lacks ProMotion Display Tech

iFixit today shared a teardown of the resurrected iPad Air (https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad+Air+3+Teardown/121759), confirming specs and providing some additional details about the component parts of Apple's new middle-tier tablet, which is compatible with the first-gen Apple Pencil (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-pencil/).





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The iPad (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad/) Air is identical in size and thickness to the 2017 10.5-inch iPad Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/), and just a bit lighter weight. iFixit notes that outwardly, the only design differences include a new, darker Space Gray color, the absence of a camera bump, and two speakers compared to the <!---->iPad Pro<!---->'s four. The new model number is A2152.





Opening the <!---->iPad<!----> Air up reveals an internal layout and central logic board similar to Apple's 2017 <!---->iPad Pro<!----> range. The dual-celled 30.8 Wh battery is a little bigger than the 30.2 Wh Apple advertises on its site (https://www.apple.com/ipad-air/specs/), and a provides a step up from the 27.6 Wh battery in the 2014 <!---->iPad<!----> Air 2. Battery life is advertised as up to 10 hours.





Meanwhile, Apple's A12 Bionic processor is layered over 3GB of RAM, and iFixit confirms the rear camera remains at 8 megapixels.





Otherwise, as iFixit notes, the size is similar, the Pencil support is similar, and the chips are similar to the old 10.5-inch <!---->iPad Pro<!---->. However, the Air lacks the latter's ProMotion 120 Hz technology that's now exclusive to the 2018 11-inch and 12.9-inch <!---->iPad Pro<!---->. ProMotion automatically adjusts the display to the movement of the content, for fluid scrolling, greater responsiveness and smoother motion.





The new <!---->iPad<!----> Air is harder to take apart than the late 10.5-inch <!---->iPad Pro<!---->, since it lacks the latter's stretch-release adhesive pull tabs and includes extra adhesive near the top of the screen. As such, iFixit gives the new <!---->iPad<!----> Air a 2/10 for repairability, the same score the new <!---->iPad<!----> mini earned in yesterday's teardown (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/04/02/ipad-mini-5-teardown-a12-bionic-cpu-3gb-ram/).

<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: iPad Air  (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-air/)</div><div class="linkback">Tag: iFixit (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ifixit/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: iPad Air (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPad-Air)</div>
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